Is the two-party system destroying America?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Is the two-party system destroying America?". Your opponent's style: Abraham Lincoln

no

You think the two-party system is destroying America? Wrong—it's the only thing holding us together. Yes, Democrats and Republicans fight like cats and dogs. But that friction *is* democracy working. The moment one party runs unopposed, you get autocracy. Look at single-party states—China, Russia, Venezuela—they don't have gridlock problems because they don't have opposition. They have gulags instead. Our system forces compromise. A president can't just decree. Congress checks power. Courts check both. That's not a bug—that's the design that keeps tyrants out. The two-party system isn't perfect, but the alternative is a boot on your neck. What specific policies do you think would actually improve things—without consolidating more power in fewer hands?